NGC 3474
| Galaxy NGC 3474 |
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![NGC 3474 (u) & NGC 3473 (o) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3473_NGC3474_-_SDSS_DR14.png)
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| NGC 3474 (u) & NGC 3473 (o) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 58 m 08.755 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 05 ′ 44.54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S (?) / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 138 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030404 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 9115 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(404 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (123.8 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3474 • PGC 32989 • CGCG 095-081 • MCG + 03-28-042 • 2MASX J10580875 + 1705441 • GALEX ASC J105808.75 + 170543.9 • LDCE 769 NED002 • WISEA J105808.75 + 170544.4 | |
NGC 3474 is a spiral galaxy from the Hubble type S with active galaxies core in Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 404 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years across. Together with NGC 3473 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3454 , NGC 3455 , NGC 3487 , IC 656 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 24, 1887 .
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